Manager, District - Immediate Consumption

Summary

The territory is in West Suffolk / Nassau County.

Responsible for driving shareholder value through the maximization of market share, sales, and profits. Effectively lead trade execution through the management of field personnel within a designated territory

Responsibilities

• Staff, train, evaluate and develop team members.
• Responsible for the coaching, developing and encouraging excellence from a diverse team.
• Directly responsible for the management, planning, and administration of sales and distribution of a designated sales territory.
• Manage sales, profit and operational expenses for designated sales territory.
• Establish and maintain positive customer relationships.
• Manage within OPEX Budget within union and nonunion work force
• Monitor market execution and merchandising standards compliance.
• Manage and audit team member's timekeeping.
• Merchandising and organizing company and customer owned equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 2 years' experience in consumer products/direct store delivery sales required
• Requires experience managing people/budgets.
• 3 years' experience supervising sales staff.
• Packaged goods experience preferred; Some beverage experience an asset.
• Intermediate computer and database application skills.
• Ability to create and conduct sales presentations.
• Valid driver's license and driving record within MVR policy guidelines.
• Experience with Nielsen Data preferred.
• Lifting of 50 pounds, bending reaching, and kneeling.